Tsetan Namgyal (Ph.D) is an expert on Tibet and Tibetan Studies, and is presently teaching and researching as an Assistant Professor at the Centre for Inner Asian Studies (Tibetan Studies) School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University in New Delhi. Coming from a traditional Tibetan academic background he knows Tibetan Language and Literature well which enabled him to extract Tibetan texts and other traditional resources written in classical Tibetan and its sub-dialects on numerous topics such as contemporary, Orientalism, Nationalism and allied subject particularly in the context of Tibet in International Relations. He worked as a Sr. lecturer at the Department of Buddhist Philosophy, Rastriya Sanskrit Sansthan, (Deemed University) Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh and also served as an Assistant Professor-II at the Department of Indo-Tibetan Studies at Visva Bharati University, Santiniketan, West Bengal before joining JNU in 2009. A graduated from �Central Institute of Buddhist Studies' Leh, followed by MA and M. Phil from Delhi University and Ph. D from Lucknow University.
His research areas include Buddhist Studies, Himalayan and Tibetan Studies and also having interest in Inner Asian Studies. He published more than twenty research papers in different national and international reputed journals and presented as many as thirty research papers at national and international conferences in India and abroad.
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Language and Grammar
Concept of Tibetan Language, Tibetan Language Teaching and Learning Process -- Tsetan Chonjore
Threading the Word Garland as a Rosary (Snyan nag) -- Annie Bien
Classical Tibetan Grammar (Ratnashridipika) -- Lobzang Jamspal
Alexander Csoma de Koros and the Tibetan Language: On Responsibility of Preservation and Transmission of the Buddhist Scriptures -- Laszlo Miklos Pap
Bhoti: The Classical Language of the Himalayas -- Konchok Tashi
Culture and Literary Studies
Folklore and Music: A Case Study of Western Tibet (Ladakh) -- Kacho Isfandyar Khan
The Buddhist Hymns in Tibetan Literature, 8th - 14th Century -- Alexander Zorin
Importance of Tibetan Studies in the Time Context: Past and Contemporary -- Suniti Kumar Pathak
An Anothological Annotation of Dhammapada's Chapters of Twin Verses (Chos kyi tshigs bcad pa bam po danpo) -- Lobzang Jamspal
Influence of Persian Identity on Tibetan Culture -- Goutam Das
Political History and Biography
Maps and Territory in the 1950s: The Writing of the Dan tig dkar chag (A Guide to Dan tig Monastery) -- Nicole Willock
Some Observations on the Book: Bod ljongs kyi lo rgyus go bab dpyad zhib stod cha, Comment on the Historical Study of Tibet Vol. I -- Thupten Kunga Chashab (adiunkt)
The Train Journey of A Tibetan Pilgrim Monk in India in 1924, Based on His Biography -- Brenda W.L. Li
Mipham's Advice for a King: Chapter One and Two of "The Ornament of The King: A Treatise of Royal Guidance" -- C. W. Wilson
Philosophical Literature
Epistemology of Nonduality: Tsongkhapa and Gorampa on the Nature of Nondual Knowledge in Madhyamaka -- Sonam Thakchoe
An Assessment of Buddhist Logical Literature (gtan tshig gi bstan bcos) in Tibetan Language -- Tsetan Namgyal
Development of Five Great Buddhist Spheres of Learning in Tibet: A Perspective (bhot-du-rignes chewa nga dargay jung- tsul- kor- leng wa) -- Tsewang Gyatso Bhutia
Madhayamaka Philosophy (dbu ma pa'i lugs) according to 'Sa skya pa' Tradition of Tibetan Buddhism -- Tashi Tsering
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